Chapter Seventy-Six: Taking Chestnuts from the Fire
Everyone dispersed, but Gao Jin, still wearing the soldier's armor, left the camp with flickering lights and stepped into the darkness.
For this assassination, he prepared fifty Emei needles. He could only take off the long sword from his waist and replace it with the waist knife of an ordinary soldier. He had deeply remembered Yuan Yin's mansion and the road leading to the military camp.
In his mind, following the impression of the map, he began to pace towards Yuan Yin's Mansion with his hands behind his back.
The streets were deserted. Gao Jin turned around a few streets and alleys, and there happened to be a group of guards from Yuan Shujun's night patrol holding torches in front of him. Someone spotted Gao Jin and shouted loudly: "Who are they?"
Gao Jin said calmly: "A certain person is a sergeant under General Li Feng. On General Li's order, he went to deliver a secret letter."
The other party asked: "What secret message?"
Gao Jin sneered in the darkness: "What kind of secret message is it? You can ask more questions?"
The man became quite angry and asked loudly: "Password!"
"Destroy the enemy!"
Seeing that Gao Jin answered the command, the group of guards breathed a sigh of relief. They no longer suspected him, and since Gao Jin might be Li Feng's confidant, it was difficult to question him any more. The man said: "Go, there is a curfew in the city.
Go quickly and come back quickly, don't wander around the city."
Gao Jin passed them by without saying a word and continued to move forward.
When they arrived at a street, Gao Jin explored around, then he made a few leaps and quickly climbed up to the ridge of a roof with the help of the doors and windows along the street. He put his toes on the green tiles and squatted down.
There was a reply from the house at the foot, and a female voice said: "Is that cat named Chun scurrying up the eaves again?"
The strong male voice seemed very impatient: "Don't worry about him, I have to get up early tomorrow, go to bed quickly."
"You damn ghost, what would you say if there was a thief?" The female voice seemed very angry, and then she lost her voice.
Soon, the man's heavy snoring could be heard.
Gao Jin smiled, his eyes fixed on the distance, like a dormant cheetah, waiting for its prey to take the bait.
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But he said that Li Feng and Wang Xin first joined forces and went to the city gate. The guards at the city gate seemed to be lazily yawning. The guards watching the night were different from the guards standing here. The guards could move around and still maintain their spirits.
And they stood in the cold wind for half the night, feeling tired and sleepy, and yawning again and again.
"Kill!" Li Feng shouted loudly, and the two hundred soldiers behind him rushed forward with him.
The guards only saw a chaotic sound of footsteps in the dark night. When they woke up, they saw countless figures emerging from the darkness holding weapons and equipment. They didn't know what they were doing for a while, and the first person who couldn't resist was killed.
Li Feng stabbed his chest.
The rest wanted to resist, but the attackers were numerous and well-prepared. In just a moment, they were killed and fled in all directions.
"Open the city gate! Put down the suspension bridge!" Li Feng ordered loudly, and ordered a group of people to climb the city wall and tower.
Suddenly, there were shouts of killing at the city gate. When the city gate opened, Wang Xin said to Li Feng: "General, someone has gone."
After speaking, just as planned, Wang Xin and more than a hundred people dispersed and disappeared into the night, while the rest continued to guard the city gate to prevent Yuan Shu's army from counterattacking.
Wang Xin led a group of people into the streets, lit torches with fire sticks, and set fires at various key points.
The sparks ignited at the first moment, and by the time the soldiers and civilians in the city woke up from their dreams, many places in the city had become a sea of flames.
In fact, there were not many burning houses, but there were flames all around, and it was at night, so I didn’t know what happened, which triggered a panic. Whether it was the guards on patrol at night, the soldiers who were awake in the camp, or the common people, all were worried at this time.
They all became confused, running around like headless flies, while some shouted to put out the fire.
The deserted street suddenly became full of people. No one could see each other clearly in the darkness, they just pushed each other and shouted.
The guards who were watching the night were stunned at first, and then they had a premonition that someone was setting fire to the city. Unfortunately, the streets were suddenly filled with soldiers and civilians. They could not tell who the enemy was, and there was nothing they could do for a while.
Wang Xin's purpose was to create chaos. When he saw chaos in the city, he pretended to be a guard on patrol at night, led people around with torches, and occasionally lit flammable objects along the street, making it impossible to save people.
There were loud shouts from all over the city: "Lü Bu's army of one hundred thousand has entered the city, and we will capture you if you don't surrender."
"The thief chief Yuan Yin has been beheaded by us..."
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Yuan Yin's mansion is next to Yuan Shu's palace wall. Yuan Yin and Li Feng drank wine and fell asleep early. At this time, they were awakened by fierce shouts. Their youngest son, who was only four years old, was also awakened and was frightened.
Yuan Yin's wife was crying while holding her baby in her arms. Two maids had already hurried in and said in panic: "My lord, something is wrong. Lu Bu's army, Lu Bu's army has entered Shouchun!"
"Nonsense." Yuan Yin was a little confused at first, but soon realized something was wrong, and calmly shouted, "How could Lu Bujun come to Shouchun?"
"I will never deceive you, sir." The two maids said to each other: "Someone set fire to the city, and some people also heard that Lu Bu's army has entered the city."
As he was talking, the shouts outside the house became more intense. The raging flames could be vaguely seen through the paper window panes of Yuan Yin's bedroom, mixed with the screams of women and the yells of men.
Yuan Yin's expression suddenly changed and he said in a deep voice: "When the family in Zhaofu is coming, prepare your carriage and horses immediately and go to the military camp."
The two maids immediately followed the order and left.
Yuan Yin said to his wife: "Take Zheng'er to the woodshed in the back hall to take shelter. No matter what happens, don't come out before you see me. If I don't come back tonight, you can disguise yourself as a peasant woman and go out of the city to find my brother.
I'll leave it to you."
Yuan Yin's wife woke up from the shock, and with tears streaming down her face, she grabbed Yuan Yin's underwear and said, "Husband..."
Yuan Yin sighed, stamped his feet and said: "Time will not wait for me, you go quickly and take people. I will leave a few trustworthy generals in the house. If anything happens, I will escort you out of the city." After that, he went to put on his coat and put on his clothes.
Armed with swords, several generals came in and reported: "Sir, the chariots and horses are ready."
Yuan Yin nodded, showing a hint of courage, stroking his sleeves and saying: "Let's go!"
Yuan Yin came out of the bedroom and looked around. He saw fire all around, and the whole sky seemed to be dyed red. He followed his family out of the mansion. There were hundreds of family members outside the mansion ready to go. There was an exquisite car parked in the center.
Horse, Yuan Yin said to the crowd: "Who can raise the flag and summon the soldiers?"
Everyone looked at each other. Although Yuan Yin was the guard general in the city, he did not have a military position, so he did not prepare any flags. One person said: "Sir, even if the flags are raised in the dark, the sergeants will not be able to distinguish them. You can first go to the camp to summon each battalion.
Captain, Sima, order them to restrain them."
Yuan Yin sighed and got into the car. He understood that it was probably too late now. The city was already in chaos. He didn't know if Lu Bu's army really came in and how many came in. In this situation, besides praying for the night to hurry up, Yuan Yin sighed and got into the car.
In the past, I was afraid there was no other way.
The carriage started slowly. Yuan Yin leaned against the wall of the carriage, holding the sword on his waist. He was also born in the fourth generation of the Third Duke. Although he was not as prominent as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in his family, he was still unmatched in the world.
Young Master, chaos breaks out at this time. Although he can show himself to be calm and composed, in fact, his heart is already in chaos.